Lordship Lane in 1917

[ed_pete]

I found these directory entries from the Post Office London County Suburbs Directory via the Leicester University website

http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16445coll4

They list all the businesses including the type of business on Lordship Lane in 1917. I found them interesting - I hope you do too.

[nxjen]

Wonderful, thanks for posting. Reminds me of the shops in Westow Hill and Westow Steet in Crystal Palace where the Norwood Society (I think) has organised ?Blue Plaques? in the windows that show what the shops were in a past life.

[ed_pete]

I noticed that 65 is David Greig (grocers) which I think is now Tart (previously Le Chardon) and I think the name is still in the mosaic tiles in the doorway.

[nxjen]

There is also a mosaic thistle which was David Greig?s symbol, I believe they were a Scottish firm. This gave rise to the incarnation before Tart, Le Chardon, French for thistle. BTW, there are two other David Greig?s further down the road shown on the street directory at nos. 145 and 147 to 153.

[Jennys]

This is really fascinating. Thank you for posting it. It looks like Redapple newsagents, though not a newsagent in 1917, was a shop owned by women with the surname Redapple.